Garment.



B. I. FLIG-EL.

GARMENT. APPLIUATION nun NARA, 1914.

Patented June 2, 1914.

2 sums-$112M 1.

B. I. FLIGEL.

' GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 191

Patented June 2, 19.14.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

RMQQMSL i adapted to engageit button D to close the is represented inthe accompanying draw- I collar and hood is shown applied is in thecured the neckifporjtion F of the body F of a convertible collar andhood, and the top and BERNARD I. FLIGEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J one 2, 19kt.

Application filed March 4. 1914. Serial No. 822,400.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, lihnxAnn l. l li'lGlli'i,a subject of the lhnperor of'Austria-llungaryn and a resident of thecity oi? New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Garment of which the fol.- lowingis a full, clear, and exact description The invention relates to wearingapparel, and its object is to provide a new and llT1- proved garmentsuch as a rain coat, cloak and the like, and provided with a convertiblecollar and hood arranged to permit its use as an ornamental collar or asa hood with or without a bonnet effect, or with or without a militaryeffect. In order to accomplish the de ired result use 'is made of aconvertible col ar and lnood having a hood-shaped body attached to theneckband of the garment, the front oii the body being provided with acollar terminating at its ends a distance from-the neckloand, andelastic connections between the collar terminals and the neck portion ofthe body.

I A practical embodiment of the invention ings forming a part of thisspecification, in Which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front ofthe garment with, theconvertible collar and hood folded in position to provide an ornamentalcollar; Fig. 2 is a 'nrspeetive View of the rear of the same; Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the front of the garment with the convertibleeolla and hood raised to form a hood; Fig. is a side elevation of thesame With the collar extended in a ter- Ward direction to provide abonnetreii'cct; and Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation of the same.

The garment A on which the convertible form of a rain coat or cloak,open at the front and providedat the front of its neckband B with afastening device, preferably in the forni of a tab C, having: abuttonhole neckloand B. Thefront of the garment A is also provided withsuitable i'astening'deices E, such as buttons and buttonholes, for cloeiggthe garment Whenever it is desired to dose v To the neclrband B ofthe garment is sesidc portions l of this body 1. are gathered at thetrout edge. of the body and tothis front edge is secured a collar (ladapted to .be folded baclc onto the top and sides of the body I. asshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, or the said collar may be extended in aforward direction, as shown in Figs. l and 5, to provide a bonnetcli'cct. The collar G terniinates at each end a distance from the neckportion l? of the hood body 1*, and the front. edge thereof is providedwith hcnis F each extending from the neck portion F to the correspondingcud of the collar (l. in each hem F is arranged an elastic band ll (seeFig. 5) secured at its end to the ends of the corresponding born I, sothat the bums are normally gathered or shirred, as plainly indicated inthe drawings and the heins are thu free to expand when the hood is drawnover the woarcr s head. It will be noticed that by the use oi theelastic bands ll a pull is exerted at the points where the ends of thecollar (1 join the front edge of the hood body I and hence the collar Gis drawn tightly over the wearers head thus insuring a perfect it of thefront edge of the hood body on the wcarc1"s head, at the same timeholding the collar G against wrinkling up.

One end of the collar G is provided with a loop l adapted to engage abutton I arranged on the outside of the other cud oi a collar G topermit of closing: the collar G with a view to produce a, militaryeiicct at the time the hood body F is drawn up over the wearers head andthe collar G is folded back onto the same.

In order to still'cn the front portion of the body F use is made of. aslil'l'ening G attached to the inside of the body I and form-- ing anextension of the collar G, as will, be readily understood by referenceto Fig. A lining J of silk or other suitable material is arranged in therear portion of the hood body F and this lining is visible when the hoodbody is folded onto the hack oi the garment A, as shown in Fig. 2, thusheightening the effect of the garn'icnt. \Vhcn the hood body and collarare folded back onto the back of the garment A, as shown in Figs. 1 and2, the collar (1 fits snugly in position and is held against wrinklingup by the elastic bands ll.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement described thehood body F and its collar G can be readily folded back meeting onto'thearment to provide a very ornamental eli ect, and the .hood; whenextended over'the head of the wearer is held snug! y in position by theaction of the elastic bands H, and, owing to the gathered portion F andthe collar G, produces a hat effect, pop-l ularly known as the BillyBurke hat. It

will also be noticed that the collar i can be extended to provide abonnet efl'ect, or thecollar can be closed at the front to provide amilitary efi'ect.

Having thus 1. A convertible collar and hood for garments, comprising ahood-shaped body having a neck portion attached to the neckband.

of the garment, the front edge of the said body being provided with acollar ter1ni-. nating at each end a distance from the said neckportion, and elastic connections conthe neck portion with the terminalsof the collar, v

2. A convertible collar and hood for garments, comprising a hood-shapedbody having a neck portion attached to the neckband of the arment, thefront edgeof the said body being provided with a collarterminatdescribed my invention, 1 01mm as new and deslre to secure byLetters= Patent:

act-leper ing at each end a distance from the said neck portion, theremaining. lower portions of the front edge of the body being providedwith hems, and elastic bands extending in the said hems and secured attheir ends to the body, the elastic bands normally holding the hems ingathered position.

3. -A convertible collar and hood for garments, comprising a hood-shapedbody having a neck portion attached to the neckband of the garment, thefront edge of the said body being provided with a collar terminating ateach end a distance from the said neck

